diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java
index f0b1085e6..000c32f7f 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage.MessagesCache;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage.MessagesDynamoDb;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage.MessagesManager;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage.NonNormalizedAccountCrawlerListener;
-import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage.UsernameCleaner;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage.PhoneNumberIdentifiers;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage.Profiles;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage.ProfilesManager;
@@ -535,17 +534,6 @@ public class WhisperServerService extends Application<WhisperServerConfiguration
         config.getAccountDatabaseCrawlerConfiguration().getChunkIntervalMs()
     );
 
-
-    AccountDatabaseCrawlerCache usernameCleanerAccountDatabaseCrawlerCache =
-        new AccountDatabaseCrawlerCache(cacheCluster, AccountDatabaseCrawlerCache.USERNAME_CLEANER_PREFIX);
-    AccountDatabaseCrawler usernameCleanerAccountDatabaseCrawler = new AccountDatabaseCrawler("username cleaner crawler",
-        accountsManager,
-        usernameCleanerAccountDatabaseCrawlerCache,
-        List.of(new UsernameCleaner(accountsManager)),
-        config.getAccountDatabaseCrawlerConfiguration().getChunkSize(),
-        config.getAccountDatabaseCrawlerConfiguration().getChunkIntervalMs()
-    );
-
     // TODO listeners must be ordered so that ones that directly update accounts come last, so that read-only ones are not working with stale data
     final List<AccountDatabaseCrawlerListener> accountDatabaseCrawlerListeners = List.of(
         new NonNormalizedAccountCrawlerListener(accountsManager, metricsCluster),
@@ -575,7 +563,6 @@ public class WhisperServerService extends Application<WhisperServerConfiguration
     environment.lifecycle().manage(accountDatabaseCrawler);
     environment.lifecycle().manage(directoryReconciliationAccountDatabaseCrawler);
     environment.lifecycle().manage(accountCleanerAccountDatabaseCrawler);
-    environment.lifecycle().manage(usernameCleanerAccountDatabaseCrawler);
     environment.lifecycle().manage(deletedAccountsTableCrawler);
     environment.lifecycle().manage(messagesCache);
     environment.lifecycle().manage(messagePersister);
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/AccountDatabaseCrawlerCache.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/AccountDatabaseCrawlerCache.java
index e5e846e31..100da674f 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/AccountDatabaseCrawlerCache.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/AccountDatabaseCrawlerCache.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ public class AccountDatabaseCrawlerCache {
   public static final String GENERAL_PURPOSE_PREFIX = "";
   public static final String DIRECTORY_RECONCILER_PREFIX = "directory-reconciler";
   public static final String ACCOUNT_CLEANER_PREFIX = "account-cleaner";
-  public static final String USERNAME_CLEANER_PREFIX = "username-cleaner";
 
   private static final String ACTIVE_WORKER_KEY = "account_database_crawler_cache_active_worker";
   private static final String LAST_UUID_KEY = "account_database_crawler_cache_last_uuid";
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/UsernameCleaner.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/UsernameCleaner.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f4ebaee9..000000000
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/UsernameCleaner.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2022 Signal Messenger, LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
- */
-
-package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage;
-
-import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Metrics;
-import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Tags;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.UUID;
-
-import static org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics.MetricsUtil.name;
-
-public class UsernameCleaner extends AccountDatabaseCrawlerListener {
-  private static final String DELETED_USERNAME_COUNTER = name(UsernameCleaner.class, "deletedUsernames");
-  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UsernameCleaner.class);
-
-  private final AccountsManager accountsManager;
-
-  public UsernameCleaner(AccountsManager accountsManager) {
-    this.accountsManager = accountsManager;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void onCrawlStart() {
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected void onCrawlChunk(final Optional<UUID> fromUuid, final List<Account> chunkAccounts) {
-    for (Account account : chunkAccounts) {
-      if (account.getUsername().isPresent()) {
-        logger.info("Deleting username present for account {}", account.getUuid());
-        try {
-          this.accountsManager.clearUsername(account);
-          Metrics.counter(DELETED_USERNAME_COUNTER, Tags.of("outcome", "success")).increment();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-          logger.warn("Failed to clear username on account {}", account.getUuid(), e);
-          Metrics.counter(DELETED_USERNAME_COUNTER, Tags.of("outcome", "error")).increment();
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void onCrawlEnd(final Optional<UUID> fromUuid) {
-    logger.info("Username cleaner crawl completed");
-  }
-}
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/UsernameCleanerTest.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/UsernameCleanerTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 47ce38811..000000000
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/UsernameCleanerTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2022 Signal Messenger, LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
- */
-package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import java.util.*;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
-
-class UsernameCleanerTest {
-
-  private final AccountsManager accountsManager = mock(AccountsManager.class);
-  private final Account hasUsername = mock(Account.class);
-  private final Account noUsername = mock(Account.class);
-
-
-  @BeforeEach
-  void setup() {
-    when(hasUsername.getUsername()).thenReturn(Optional.of("n00bkiller"));
-    when(noUsername.getUsername()).thenReturn(Optional.empty());
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testAccounts() throws AccountDatabaseCrawlerRestartException {
-    UsernameCleaner accountCleaner = new UsernameCleaner(accountsManager);
-    accountCleaner.onCrawlStart();
-    accountCleaner.timeAndProcessCrawlChunk(Optional.empty(), Arrays.asList(hasUsername, noUsername));
-    accountCleaner.onCrawlEnd(Optional.empty());
-    verify(accountsManager).clearUsername(hasUsername);
-    verify(accountsManager, never()).clearUsername(noUsername);
-  }
-}